Parallel parking is something a lot of drivers don’t like doing, but imagine if you had only 13.1 centimetres between cars? Meet the two brothers who have just broken the world record for performing the manoeuvre in the smallest space.

John Moffatt completed the feat first in a vintage Mini – but only after his older brother Alastair had failed do so on numerous occasions.

‘When I broke the world record I was in shock,’ he told a local newspaper.

Even more amazing is probably the way it was done.

The brothers had to park between a minute distance of 13.1cm (Picture: YouTube)

The Moffat brothers – who both eventually achieved the feat to share the record – accelerated towards the space between the parked cars and spun sideways into the spot.

In order for the record to stand the car, was not allowed to be touching the curb or either vehicle.

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Not to be outdone by his younger sibling, the older Moffat got back in the vehicle and also managed to break the old Guinness World Record himself.

Alastair added: ‘The fact that we hold the world record together is great as we are very competitive with each other – but John continually reminds me that he got it first.’

The two men, from Gloucester, had been trying to break a previous best of 14cm between cars, which was achieved by Ronny C Rock (Ronny Wechselberger).